The Panama News blog links
a Panama-centric selection of other people’s work
una selección Panamá-céntrica de las obras de otras personas
Canal, Maritime & Transportation / Canal, Marítima & Transporte
Seatrade, Panama Ship Registry joins Maritime Anti-Corruption Network
Foreign Policy, China’s monster fishing fleet
Business Insider, Pfizer’s vaccine flown to distribution hubs via United Airlines
Economy / Economía
Publimetro, El PIB de Panamá se contrajo un 38% en el segundo trimestre
E&N, Paises de la region aprueban Agenda Digital
The Guardian, OECD: Don’t cut UK government spending to boost COVID rebound
DeLong, The siren song of austerity
Science & Technology / Ciencia & Tecnología
Smithsonian: Megalodons, monster prehistoric sharks, raised their young in nurseries
Mongabay, ¿Estamos preparados para huracanes cada vez más fuertes y frecuentes?
Yallop, New data privacy rules are coming in NZ
The Guardian, ‘Is anybody in there?’ Life on the inside as a locked-in patient
BBC, Your data and how it is used to gain your vote
AgriNews: In a warming climate, can birds take the heat?
Bishop Uriah Ashley, a son of Bocas del Toro, died on November 25 at the age of 76.
News / Noticias
AFP, Panamá advierte por récord de covid-19 mientras busca reactivar su economía
CoinTelegraph, United States extradites alleged Ponzi operator from Panama
El Siglo, Maleantes de saco y corbata estafan a extranjeros
FOCO, Yanibel Ábrego aspira a la presidencia de la República por el CD
El Siglo: Vivian de Torrijos defendiendo las personas con discapacidad ante la ONU
Vila Benites & Bebbington, Peru’s greatest trial since the Fujimori dictatorship
El País, Los jóvenes de América Latina alzan la voz
The Guardian, OANN suspended from YouTube for COVID-19 cure scam
CBC, UK minister: unvaccinated could lose access to a normal life
The runoff for two US Senate seats in Georgia gets downright weird. Trump’s accusation, Unofficial Democrats repeating it on a billboard.
Opinion / Opiniones
Fischer, China won 2020
Baker, Another slow recovery from economic disaster
FiveThirtyEight, Why did down-ballot Democrats have such a mediocre showing?
Herrera, What President-Elect Joe Biden got wrong about Latinos
Conte, ‘Creo que ya nada nos despertará’
Turner: Panamá y Palestina, hermanadas por su amor a su bandera
Sagel, Pacto del Bicentenario
Culture / Cultura
EFE, “No nos podemos rendir”: Sech pide a sus seguidores luchar por los sueños
Blades, “Pelusa”
AFP, Battle over borscht: new front in Russia-Ukraine conflict
December 8, the Day of the Immaculate Conception, is Panamanian Mothers Day.
It is a major holiday here. Painting by Bartolomé Esteban Perez Murillo.
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